We’re likely to see some Cruz maneuvering in Georgia on Saturday, when Republicans gather by congressional district to select 42 of the 76 delegates to Cleveland allotted to the state. By law, Trump delegates will be sworn to vote for their candidate on the first ballot. Cruz operatives will make sure as many Georgia delegates as possible will desert Trump on that second vote.

The Cruz campaign has been organizing in California for a year. They have thousands of volunteers statewide. And an estimated 65 percent of primary participants are expected to vote early by mail — a process that begins in three weeks. “We’re going to talk to all of these people personally,” [Cruz political director Mike] Schroeder said. “We can pour calls into those empty districts.”

Also helping Cruz is the fact that the campaigns have to pick their own delegates — 169 of them, plus 169 alternates. The process of identifying six committed Cruz supporters in every single congressional district — including districts where Republicans haven’t really campaigned in decades — wasn’t easy. It took Schroeder five months. But now he’s finished — and the Trump campaign, which just hired a state political director today, is only getting started.

That’s right. The Trump campaign just hired its California political director on Tuesday. The deadline for filing delegate names is May 7.

This morning, Atlanta attorney Randy Evans, a member of the Republican National Committee, said on MSNBC that the danger for Trump comes if he finishes under 1,000 delegates by July:

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The delegate-by-delegate battle that's rocked the Republican presidential race is also ratcheting up in the Democratic contest, where Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his supporters are targeting Democratic superdelegates in the contest with frontrunner Hillary Clinton. From the Washington Post:

The Sanders campaign says it has no connection to the efforts of outside supporters to lean on superdelegates, the party leaders and elected officials who can cast nomination votes for any candidate and are seen as increasingly pivotal in the Democrats’ unexpectedly drawn-out nominating contest.

Among those efforts is a website created last week under the name superdelegatehitlist.com, providing phone numbers and addresses for superdelegates and encouraging users to submit further contact information, presumably to help advocates pressure them. Site creator Spencer Thayer, a Chicago activist, described the goal this way in a Twitter message: “So who wants to help start . . . a new website aimed at harassing Democratic Superdelegates?”

… I am very disappointed that a man who, not only once, but twice, won the trust of a majority of the voters in this state, so blatantly violated that trust by refusing to sign a law that will protect them – the ordinary people who live and work in our state, those who are producers and consumers, those who contribute to making our economy strong as well. Their voices have been ignored by our governor…

The Constitution of Georgia allows for a special session of the General Assembly to be called in order to overturn the governor’s veto. For that, we would need the support of 34 Senators and 108 Representatives. This is certainly possible, as overwhelming majorities in both Houses voted for the passage of HB 757.

But it will take courage. Freedom is not free; it is costly and has come to us because of the great sacrifice of so many. Are we now willing to protect it for those who come behind us? I want my children and my grandchildren to enjoy the same freedoms that I have had in my life – freedoms for which my father fought….

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Paul Maner, who is mounting a GOP primary challenge to state Sen. Fran Millar of Dunwoody, has picked up an endorsement by Georgia Right to Life, which opposes all abortions – with no exceptions for rape or incest. From the press release:

“I am honored to have earned the support of Georgia Right to Life,” Maner said. “For decades, DeKalb County has lacked conservative Republican representation in the Georgia State Senate. If elected, I look forward to representing the values of the people in my community and crafting legislation that can improve our state.”

In a moment of candor, the mayor admitted at home he does not call the shots. For example, he said he wanted his daughter, Maria, to become a student in Atlanta’s public schools. But his wife was a student at the Pace Academy and went to the Suzuki School, a Montessori pre-school. So his daughter is going to the Suzuki School.